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For the chassis size, you could easily fit a Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti in there! However, your real limitation is the power supply, which at the moment can't handle a GTX 560 Ti; but it might be able to handle a normal GeForce GTX 560! Alienware released a video demonstrating upgrading from the GTX 555 (stock card) to the GTX 560.

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Well that's good! But they neglected to share the stability at which the card ran.... not much good without that info. You could easily run a 560 Ti but it wouldn't be used to it's full potential without the wattage....

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Well that's good! But they neglected to share the stability at which the card ran.... not much good without that info. You could easily run a 560 Ti but it wouldn't be used to it's full potential without the wattage....

I would appreciate it! Yes, the x51 is a great machine but any performance boosts would be more than welcome! I just cannot wait until the next-gen Nvidia cards come out, then whatever the equivalent of the GTX 560 is would probably be able to run BF3 on ultra with no issues!

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Question: i am getting a x51 soon. I want to tweak it out a bit. Would the gtx 550 or 560 (both non ti) work with the i5 processor and 330w power supply? Or is a ti version the best wY to go? (i have a 550 ti in my current computer)